The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 77 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We have our first regional rankings of the 2021 season and my goodness, this is a gonna be a wacky postseason. We discuss what we learned, what we know, what we're still wondering, and then go region-by-region with our general thoughts on each ranking. Topics include (but are not limited to): Central Webster a bit lower than expecte...

Welcome to Episode 76 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. We run through the latest Top 25 poll, with topics including: WashU finally lost a game but it is also finally #1 SCIAC finally starting play Marietta cracking the top 5 and why we believe in them but also want to see how they do against better OAC competition W&J being the last undefeated team (that has played a real number of game...

Welcome to Episode 75 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our first normal-ish podcast of the 2021 D-III season! We mainly discuss our thoughts on the latest Top 25 poll , touching at least briefly on nearly everyone in the rankings, as well as some of the schools who just missed the list. Topics include: Undefeated WashU and their #1 case compared to Trinity (TX) How we think abou...

Welcome to Episode 74 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our eighth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the New York region and its four conferences. Before we begin, we do a brief check-in (at 1:30) on our respective alma maters and discuss why WashU's pitching staff is always so incredible and Wooster's 3-1 start to open the season. Also (at 11:30) another note abo...

Welcome to Episode 73 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our seventh of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Midwest region and its four conferences. But first (at 1:30), we wanted to bounce around the nation and react to the relative full slate of D-III action from the weekend. Topics include: Bret Williams IS BACK and is already off to great start for PSU-Harrisbur...

Welcome to Episode 72 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our sixth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the New England region and its seven conferences. Topics include: CCC (at 1:40) Salve Regina (at 2:00) is the class of this conference and boasts two of the best strikeout pitchers in the region atop their rotation Teams (at 4:50) like Endicott, Roger Williams, West...

Welcome to Episode 71 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our fifth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Mideast region and its five conferences. Before we begin, we quickly discuss the weekend that was in D3, the status of the SCIAC, and shoutout North Central (IL) for their no-no. Then we get down to business: AMCC (at 7:00) La Roche has their longtime head coach...

Welcome to Episode 70 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our fourth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Mid-Atlantic region and its eight conferences. First, we give some thoughts on the past weekend in D-III, WashU opening their season 3-0, and the new Top 25 poll. Then, we put on our swim trunks and head into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean...or something like...

Welcome to Episode 69 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our third of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Central region and its four conferences, and of course, Jake's beloved WashU Bears. Before, we get into the Central, we discuss how the D3 landscape looks a few weeks in and shoutout (at 3:00) the incredible 14-inning game between Piedmont and Adrian. Topics inc...

Welcome to Episode 68 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our second of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the South region and its four conferences. Topics include: CAC -- oh just kidding it's the COAST 2 COAST NOW (at 4:00) Salisbury is loaded as usual but most importantly we just want another Justin Meekins roster photo Christopher Newport has a lot of dudes to repla...

Welcome to Episode 67 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The coronavirus pandemic cancelled the 2020 championship season and will make the 2021 season the craziest and most unpredictable D-III season we've ever seen (and hopefully will ever seen). We begin with some broad caveats about how we will be covering this season and why it will be as challenging as ever. Then we preview the West....

Welcome to Episode 66 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The coronavirus pandemic has officially ended the 2020 championship season, but the show must go on. This week's episode features two special guests:  Justin Meekins, senior OF at Salisbury on: finding out the season was cancelled during the 7th inning of a game hitting a dinger in his final game and pimping it whether he will try t...

Welcome to Episode 65 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The coronavirus pandemic has cut the 2020 championship season short. We delve all the madness of how we got to this point, what we'll miss about this season, and more. Topics include:  An obvious preamble about how you should all wash your hands and stay home, if possible, and how there are far more important things being affected t...

Welcome to Episode 64 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our first podcast of the regular season and features mostly discussion of the latest Top 25 poll, plus a couple other individual shout outs.  Top 25 chat (at 3:25), including but not limited to: Quick hits on all 25 teams (sorry for no timestamps -- we go in order from 1-25) in the latest poll  Whoa, Jake's WashU Bears are n...

Welcome to Episode 63 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our eighth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Mideast region and its four conferences. Topics include: AMCC La Roche (at 2:00) returns their entire pitching staff as they try to win a 7th consecutive conference title HCAC Franklin (at 5:15) proved capable of competing with the big boys in the regional last...

Welcome to Episode 62 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our seventh of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the New York region and its four conferences. Topics include: SUNYAC Cortland (at 1:15) is Cortland, so obviously they're gonna win a lot of games and play a ludicrous schedule Oswego State (at 6:05) is still the Lakers, so we made more Lakers jokes (but also they...

Welcome to Episode 61 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our sixth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Midwest region and its four conferences. Topics include: MIAC Saint John's (Minn.) (at 2:15) has some elite talent at the top of their roster but have a lot of pitching to replace St. Thomas (at 7:30) is trying to get back to prominence before being unceremoniou...

Welcome to Episode 60 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our fifth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the New England region and its seven conferences. Topics include: CCC Salve Regina (at 2:00) is the class of this conference and boasts two of the best strikeout pitchers in the region atop their rotation Teams (at 4:50) like Endicott, Roger Williams, Western New En...

Welcome to Episode 59 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our fourth of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Mid-Atlantic region and its eight conferences. Topics include: AEC Cabrini (at 2:20) is still a very young program but has put themselves at the top of this fresh new conference Centennial Johns Hopkins (at 4:40) will have to replace their top four pitchers but...

Welcome to Episode 58 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our third of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the Central region and its four conferences, plus, of course, DA BEARS. Topics include: CCIW North Central (at 3:05) boasts one of the best catchers in the country, and a more experienced pitching staff than usual Illinois Wesleyan (at 7:40) might have an elite 1-2...

Welcome to Episode 57 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. This is our second of eight regional preview pods -- this one covers the South region and its four conferences. Topics include: CAC Salisbury (at 2:40) is looking mighty dangerous, like one-of-the-best-teams-in-America dangerous Christopher Newport (at 7:15) will have to replace a big chunk of what was a truly historic D-III offense...

Welcome to Episode 56 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The 2020 season has hilariously already begun, despite most D-III schools being in places where it is way too cold to play baseball right now. Thanks, Texas! This is our first of eight regional preview pods, and we are indeed beginning out West. After the usual caveats (0:00-5:45), we cover the four conferences in the West region. T...

Welcome to Episode 55 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The MLB season ended, which means we needed to revert to D-III baseball coverage as soon as possible, which means we are back with a very special podcast. This episode features an interview with Tim Jorgensen, who played at Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1992-1995 and holds the all-time record for most home runs in a single-season with 39 (...

Welcome to Episode 54 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The season ended and then the Draft happened, so there is a lot to talk about. We also have a special guest on because how could we not get Toby Welk on the podcast after winning Player of the Year and then getting drafted? Here's the agenda: World Series review (at 0:30) The Chapman Panthers are your 2019 National Champions  4 in a...

Welcome to Episode 53 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The World Series is chillin' in Cedar Rapids for the first time, and we are here to preview it. We cover the eight teams lucky enough to still be playing baseball in the order of the bracket , from top to bottom: Chapman (at 3:22) Can the Panthers and their spectacular pitching staff make it four-straight D-III titles for the West r...